homeland -- excuse me. chair of the armed services committee in the house. thanks to the republican party. they should start tying a bell around these guys or something so we can tell when they're ty around these guys so we can tell when they are coming. "first look" is up next. good tuesday morning. right now on "first look." developing overnight, tragedy at atlanta's turner field as a baseball fan falls from an upper deck. new details in the kidnapping and rescue of 16-year-old hannah anderson as her father speaks out. >> the healing process will be slow. she has been through a tremendous, horrific ordeal. i am very proud of her, and i love her very much. the verdict in the trial of reputed boston mobster james whitey bulger. plus -- a new york judge rules on stop and frisk. lady gaga's pop emergency. and is this the transportation of the future or just a pipe dream? good morning.

i'm mara i ask af mara schiavoc a fan fell from the upper deck of turner field and was taken to the hospital where he died of his injuries. atlanta police are still investigating. >> at this time, the fall appears accidental. the male fell approximately 65 feet. there's no indication of foul play. >> officials say they don't know if wet conditions were a factor in the accident. the man's name has not been publicly released pending family notification. 16-year-old hannah anderson is back in her southern california home after being taken against her will and held for a week. and for the first time, her father is speaking out on a man that he thought was his friend but who turned out to be a suspected kidnapper and killer. nbc's jay gray has new details on the dramatic rescue. >> reporter: his wife and 8-year-old son are gone. >> i am very proud of her, and i love her very much.

>> reporter: brett anderson said his daughter hannah kidnapped by the man accused of killing her mom and brother, is beginning a long and difficult recovery. >> the healing process will be slow. she has been through a tremendous, horrific ordeal. >> reporter: after being held captive for a week by james lee dimaggio. >> she is a victim in every sense of the word. >> reporter: investigators now say hannah did not know her mom and little brother had been killed as dimaggio took her from california into the rugged mountains of idaho where a group of horseback riders spotted the pair and called police. >> for without you, who knows how long this would have gone on. >> reporter: it lasted until late saturday when fbi hostage recovery teams located their campsite and moved in, killing dimaggio during the rescue. >> she revealed that dimaggio had a rifle and that he fired at least one round prior to being shot and killed. >> reporter: one of several ongoing investigations, though answers may be hard to come by. >> when you get a completely

irrational act like we've seen here with two murders and the kidnapping, sometimes you aren't going to be able to come up with a rational explanation of what happened. >> reporter: understanding. >> how it's time for us to grieve and move on to the healing process. >> reporter: that may be most difficult for those closest to the tragedy. jay gray, nbc news. an update on that fall from grace for paula deen. on monday, a federal judge threw out part of a lawsuit from one of her restaurant managers. that suit claimed that deen and her brother promoted a racist work environment. s but that manager is white, the judge said she had no standing to sue on the basis of race. a spokeswoman for deen said they were pleased with the ruling and, quote, as ms. deen has stated before, she is confident that those who truly know how she lives her life know that she believes in equal opportunity, kindness and fairness for everyone. a long reign of terror followed by 16 years on the run as one of america's most wanted,

mob boss james whitey bulger has been convicted of being involved in a string of murders and other crimes after a trial that riveted boston and much of the nation. here's kristen dahlgren. >> reporter: after more than 32 hours of deliberations, jurors returned to a packed courtroom announcing the fate of whitey bulger, one of boston's most notorious mobsters. he was found guilty of dozens of crimes, including conspiracy, racketeering and playing a role in 11 murders. >> this day of reck forng bulger has been a long time ago. >> reporter: tom donahue whose father was killed decades ago was among family members present throughout the trial. >> whitey bulger pretty much almost destroyed my family in every category. >> reporter: the evidence showed bulger was involved in 11 of 19 murders, found him not involved in seven and couldn't agree on one, the death of 26-year-old deborah davis. >> my family has to live every day and the rest of the families have to live every day with the

fact that they lost a loved one. >> reporter: the 83-year-old defendant showed no reaction. a sharp reaction to the seven-week trial filled with profanity lace d. even an outburst from the defendant himself who called the proceedings a sham. >> mr. bulger knew, as soon as he was arrested that he was going to die behind the walls of a prison. >> reporter: bulger went on the lam in 1994 evading law enforcement for 16 years and ultimately landing a place on the fbi's most wanted list. authorities finally caught up with him two years ago outside a santa monica apartment where they also discovered weapons and more than $800,000 in cash. >> i think james bulger was that gangster who finally, you know, saw justice. i think some families are waiting for a little bit more, though. >> that was kristen dahlgren reporting.

83-year-old bulger could get life in prison when he's sentenced in november. his lawyer says he's planning to appeal. also planning an appeal, new york city michael bloomberg. this after a federal judge struck down the city's stop and frisk policy. the judge likened the controversial practice to, quote, indirect racial profiling with a blatant disregard for civil liberties. new york city police commissioner ray kelly immediately dismissed any notion that people are stopped based solely on the color of their skin. mayor bloomberg says new yorkers will not see a revised procedure overnight. an independent monitor has been appointed to oversee major changes. new revelations from anthony weiner in a wide-ranging interview with buzz feed. the new york city mayoral candidate suggests his wife would work on hillary clinton's 2016 campaign, though he wouldn't say what her role would be. weiner admitted his sexting scandals have hurt his wife's career. >> it's hurt her professionally, it's hurt her professionally. she's gotten roughed up and it's been completely unfair in my

view. >> he still sees a therapist from time to time and despite plummeting polls and what he calls fairly brutal coverage, he is hopeful, insisting he is the candidate. >> part of what i'm trying to demonstrate with this campaign is what type of a man -- i'm going to fight. i'm going to stand up strong. there are things i believe and i'm going to fight for. >> that interview also addressed policy concerns ranging from stop and frisk to health care. and now it's time for your first look at this morning's dish of "scrambled politics." democrats in new jersey head to the polls today in a special primary election for a seat in the u.s. senate. newark mayor cory booker is expected to cruise to victory over three opponents. hillary clinton was honored by the american bar association last night. while there, clinton waded into the contentuous battle over voting rights saying the government cannot represent the people unless it's been fairly elected. >> anyone who says that racial discrimination is no longer a problem in american elections must not be paying attention.

>> clinton's speech monday is just the first in a series of appearances by the former secretary of state. she's planning to travel the country speaking about national security and global responsibility. serving in the senate doesn't exempt you from jury duty. john mccain found that out on monday when he reported to serve near his phoenix home. he joked he was doing his civic duty for a change, of course. and here we go again with the birther craze. a texas republican congressman blake farenthold believes the house has the votes to impeach obama. he made the comments while responding to a question over the legitimacy over the president's birth certificate. new york senator kirsten gillibrand has inked a book deal. it will be both a memoir and call to action for women to become more involved in politics. financial terms have not been disclosed. and south carolina governor nikki haley will finally announce plans to run for a second term. she's seen her poll numbers slip

in recent months. her democratic opponent has already announced plans to challenge her again. and that's your morning's dish of "scrambled politics." and our first look at the weather, i'm joined by bill karins. >> morning. rainy tuesday. i know. nap day. >> well, maybe. >> if we should be so lucky. >> it's not happening for me either. this morning we're going to deal with some travel issues out there for a lot of us. bring the umbrella if it's not raining already. flash flooding problems. flash flood watched for about 10 million or maybe even 20 million now that we've added new york city. oklahoma city to little rock, west virginia into d.c. and new york. a huge area of rain developed overnight covering all of the southern half of pennsylvania right now. it's especially heavy going from areas of allentown to harrisburg and it's about to start pouring in philadelphia. and that will move right over the much to new york city during the heart of the morning rush hour. expect some major travel delays and airport delays also. as far as the severe weather

goes, if we get anything, damaging winds most likely. richmond, virginia beach, raleigh, goldsboro, out to the outer banks could deal with some small hail. the forecast for the northeast, the mid-atlantic today you will see a period of rain and in some case like philly, northern jersey, eastern p.a., southern portions of new england, you'll see heavy rain during the day today. still hot in texas, and what a beautiful, cool fall day in chicago. oh, wait. it's not fall yet. 72 and partly cloudy. >> that's right. it's not. it's acting like fall even though it's technically summer. just ahead, an update on that massive sinkhole that's swaul oeg up part of a florida resort. you're watching "first look." right now, 7 years of music is being streamed.

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now to some other stories making news this morning. north carolina governor pat mckrory has signed into law one of the most restrictive voter i.d. laws. it would require voters to show government-issued i.d.s, shorten

early voting by a week and eliminate same-day voter registration. two extremely destructive wildfires are causing massive evacuations in central idaho. the fires were caused by lightning strikes and have already consumed more than 3,000 square miles. it appears the dust has settled at the florida resort that partially collapsed into a 100-foot sinkhole early monday. all 105 guests are accounted for and the red cross is on scene handing out food and clothing. the international olympic committee is reportedly upset with russian leadership over its controversial law banning gay propaganda. oic leaders say the human rights of the competing athletes in sochi next year must be respected as written in the olympic charter. russia's interior ministry says fears of discrimination of completely unfounded. lady gaga declared a pop emergency following the leak of her new single "applause." the leak forced gaga to release that track on monday. fans rallied in support by reporting illegal download

sites. we turn to cnbc's seema mody. >> good morning. futures right now are higher after stocks ended mixed on monday. and light trading volume and on pretty much little market-moving news. today look for data out on retail sales, import prices and business inventories. and americans are getting better about not racking up too much credit card debt. credit reporting agency transunion says the rate of late payments or those at least 90 days overdue fell this spring to the lowest level since 1994. facebook can help you book that dinner reservation. the social networking site has teamed up with open table to let users get seats at their favorite restaurants through facebook's mobile app. mara, we'll have to try that out. >> yes. thanks, seema. he may be 50 years old but he's still air jordan. richard lui will have that and all your sports headlines coming up next. ♪ now you can give yourself a kick in the rear! v8 v-fusion plus energy.

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time for sports. and richard lui is here with all the details. >> espn now saying texas a&m quarterback johnny manziel got paid $7500 to sign 1500 items, including helmets and footballs with last week's report here that makes six total signing sessions. the ncaa here is investigating if the heisman trophy winner violated rules. we'll see what happens there. yu darvish dominates in texas. a no-hitter through seven innings but then houston hits a home run for the second time

since april. houston spoiling a darvish perfect game. but he still gets the win with 15 strikeouts. not bad. texas, 2-1. >> great game for him. >> no doubt. oakland's last-minute trade for alberto colapso paid monday. hitting that in two runs on that hit. they pull the fat out of the fire. oakland over toronto, 5-1. hey, i'm a four-time mvp, two-time champion, gold medalist why not president of the nba players association. add that to my titles. miami's lebron james was considering that, but he decided no because he can't give 100%, he says. i heard james is now considering the job of king of the world or something like that. king of the world! why not? >> take you to flight school. clear the wood. old man on deck. jeans on. who is that? who is that? that's right. >> m.j. >> 50-year-old michael jordan. >> he still makes it look so easy. >> he always made it look easy.

do i hear comeback? maybe not. i'm a big niners fan, but would i do this? >> love my redskins, yes. >> this guy is after your heart. he did this to his lawn. a washington fan so rabid, he turns it into a redskins logo made of colored stones and look closely in front. he's saying stand back. i've got the yellow caution tape. do not tread on my lawn. >> i think there's a business venture there because a lot of sports fans might want their team's logo. >> some say bring it to fedex field, right? >> thanks, richard. time to dig a little deeper into our top political stories of the day. we're joined by boris epstein, a conservative analyst and contributor for "the daily collar." boris, thanks for being here today. >> good morning. >> so i want to start about this resurgence of the birthers possibly. you have this congressman who is saying there are enough votes in the house to impeach obama over his birth certificate. these are your people, right? >> they aren't my people. michael jordan is my people. >> why would they want to bring this back up?

at some point, doesn't it just make them look bad? >> it does just make them look bad. it's stupid. it should go away. it's a nonissue. this should have gone away the moment he was elected to office. it does hurt our party. i hope this issue is put on the back bench as far deep on the back bench as possible. and someone who is elected to the house of representatives should frankly know better. >> yesterday, to switch gears, we saw in north carolina the governor signed really restrictive voter i.d. law into place. politico is saying when it comes to these voter i.d. and voter rights battles, we're in the quiet before the storm. where else do you see this battle appearing before the country? >> texas is one state you'll look at. now some states after the supreme court ruled these do not have to wait for the federal government to approve some changes in voter laws, they will also make some changes. i don't think it's that restrictive restric restrict. to get up here, i had to show my i.d.

with my background on a presidential campaign, voter fraud is a huge issue and -- >> but there are a lot of people who have studied this and say there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud and showing a voter i.d. only combats impersonation fraud which is still one vote for one vote. it's very ineffective. >> you had mickey mouse register to vote. the whole dallas cowboys offensive line register to vote. if you have i.d. you cannot do that. if you are saying i'm tony romo, you can't do that. it's something that should be there. voter i.d. is constitutional and there isn't a problem with it. >> we can spend more time on this. i want to move on to anthony weiner. he's set a new record low with 80% of voters viewing him unfavor unfavorable. who are his troubles benefitting? could the republicans after the primary see a bump? bloomberg was a republican the first time he got elected. >> new york has not elected a democrat to mayor since 1989.

it didn't turn out so well. they are going to get a good benefit from this because this makes the democratic field seem ridiculous. also the john liu issue. so no matter who wins, and it's probably going to be a run-off. maybe bill thompson winning, i think, the primary. it's going to hurt the nominee of the democratic party as they go against a very smart republican and a republican with a lot of money. it's going to be a good election in november. >> thanks, boris, as always. and coming up, bill karins and richard lu i will be back for "first buzz." now, would you go? man: 'oh i can't go tonight' woman: 'i can't.' hero : that's what expedia asked me. host: book the flight but you have to go right now. hero: (laughs) and i just go? this is for real right? this is for real? i always said one day i'd go to china, just never thought it'd be today. anncr: we're giving away a trip every day. download the expedia app and your next trip could be on us. expedia, find yours.

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it's time for "first buzz." all the stories we're talking about this morning.

i'm joined by richard lui and bill karins. so the future of transportation could be this hyperloop. so elon musk is the guy behind tesla and he's building like a spaceship or something fabulous like that. he has now this plan for a hyperloop. he says it's a cross between concord and an air hockey table. these little pods that can carry about 28 people per pod and they launch them through -- >> 700 miles an hour? >> 700 miles per hour. it's supposed to be able to travel from san francisco to l.a. in 30 minutes. solar powered. supposedly crash powered and it's going to be much cheaper if somebody ends up building it. the plan is to build a $68 billion high-speed rail. this would cost $6 billion. >> one-tenth of the cost? >> i don't get it. you get one pod in there. how can you get more than one going at a time? >> why can't you? >> they'd run into each other. >> it's like a giant tube transportation system you saw in the banks. >> happen or never happen? >> it's elon musk.

it can happen. >> never happen. >> i say no time soon. >> there will be a hoverboard before that happens. >> i wouldn't mind that either. there's a mode of transportation we do have and it's a lawn mower. >> forget nascar for a second. forget indy. we've got something that is very interesting. it is the british lawn mower racing association's 12-hour endurance race. >> 12 hours? >> yes. they have been doing this for 40 years. these lawn mowers go up to 50 miles an hour. 406 laps. the name of the winning group here, kicked grass is the name of the group. >> very clever. >> really funny, too, when i was listening to what they say. >> they must have pit stops. tleengets drivers in each team. but the world's fastest, i believe, lawn mower in the world, and that is honda's mean mower, goes 133 miles an hour. >> all right. bill, take us out with a glow in the dark -- >> this is the because we can.

genetically engineered bunny rabbits. a litter of eight. two of them are actually glow in the dark. there they are. >> weird. >> and they say what's next? later this year, they are going to do a lamb for the first time. >> like a night light. this is "first look." "way too early" starts right now. this notion that somehow i was a victim of late night comics or victim of someone else, look, i did these things. they were embarrassing. the jokes clearly write themselves. i did it during a slow news period. people who make fun of this didn't do anything wrong. reporters who reported it didn't do anything wrong. as far as a comedian? he'd get thrown out of the comedians union if he didn't do these jokes. >> the sexting scandals and the butt of many a joke. did his interview with buzz feed do anything to give a pulse to his campaign for mayor of new york. hillary clinton chimes in on

voting rights, something that could clearly impact a presidential run. and as "breaking bad" begins to wind down, jimmy kimmel has ideas for how to keep it going. and it involves cartoons. we're trying to be animated here, 5:30 a.m. eastern time. this is "way too early." morning. brian shactman here. tuesday, august the 13th. also later in the cooler, yet another political gaffe from the land down under. in australia. plus barnacle in the house to talk about pete rose and what he had to say in the backdrop of the p.e.d. suspensions. we begin with a story that could have national implications. bloomberg vowing to appeal after a judge ruled the stop and frisk policy to be unconstitutional. the judge called it a policy of indirect racial profiling that demonstrated a widespread